<p> There is little information on the relationship between industrial decentralization and the suburbanization of blue collar workers in North American cities during the early twentieth century. The purpose of this research paper is to address the question of whether or not blue collar suburbanization preceded industrial decentralization in Hamilton, Ontario. This is done by examining the commuting patterns of an early twentieth century blue collar suburb known as Union Park, located in Hamilton Ontario. The research concludes that blue collar suburbanization preceded industrial decentralization in Hamilton. These findings imply that the frequency of this relationship requires further consideration.</p> / Thesis / Candidate in Philosophy

<p> This thesis examines the change in housing tenure in the City of Toronto. The trends of tenure are described briefly between 1951 to 1971, for the city, as well as for the CMA. Specifically examined is the period from 1971 to 1988, in the City of Toronto. </p> <p> There is a continual decline in the rate of home ownership from 1951 to 1971, even though the absolute number of homeowners is increasing. This can be seen in the city, as well as the suburbs, and outlying areas. The overall decline in the rate may be due to the apartment boom of the 1960's, which can be associated with the baby boom from a few years earlier. Also suburbanization was occurring which certainly had an effect on home ownership. </p> <p> Similarly, ownership rates continued to decline between 1971 to 1986, although the absolute numbers were higher than tenants, and was steadily increasing. Gentrification and condominium construction certainly was associated with this absolute increase in home ownership. A closer look at the city reveals certain census tracts are increasing in home ownership at a higher rate than others. By looking at certain demographic characteristics, it is possible to see the changing social geography of these areas. </p> <p>The period 1986 to 1988 incurred tremendous condominium construction. The city during this time increased in ownership rates. Changing lifestyles and desires of the people living in the city caused a demand for condominiums. </p> <p> It is important to examine these trends and patterns of the city and the outlying areas to be kept informed of the changing social and economic geography of the city. </p> / Thesis / Candidate in Philosophy

Downtowns across America have changed as a result of suburbanization. Population shifts and changing land consumption patterns caused by advancements in technology, such as the Interstate and the Internet, along with social and economic factors, alter downtown development. The city, and particularly its downtown, used to represent the nucleus for all commercial, retail, and industrial activities. As population and commerce suburbanized, the 'central' business district became one of several business centers and lost much of its retail function. Currently, cities are re-evaluating their development strategies to determine the best methods to attract people back to the urban core and to regain the vitality that once defined city life. Efforts to redevelop downtowns typically assume the characteristics of place-based strategies by following either infrastructure strategies or consumer strategies. The former method is more traditional, with attention given to specific land uses, such as residential, retail, or entertainment activities. Essentially, infrastructure strategies rely on the 'build it and they will come' motto. Consumer strategies strive to attract young professionals, single-parent families, and "empty nesters" for urban living by accentuating amenities unique to the city lifestyle. Roanoke, Virginia serves as a case study for evaluating suburbanization trends and methods of redevelopment for a small- to medium-sized city. By calculating and analyzing household and office employment projections, the Roanoke market shows signs of strength among young, renter households and Central Business District office employment. With a downtown residential market emerging and downtown office employment growing, adaptive reuse of urban space may prove to be Roanoke's method of reinventing its downtown by orchestrating a consumer-based redevelopment effort. / Master of Urban and Regional Planning

<p> The emergence of the office sector as the largest sector in the Canadian economy has attracted increasing amounts of attention in academic literature. Recently, offices have followed the trends of residential, industrial and retail activity and have chosen to locate in the suburbs of metropolitan areas. North York is a typical example of a suburb where the office sector is growing faster than the offices in the metropolitan CBD. This research paper examines the sectoral growth of office employment in the central areas of North York and the City of Toronto. The research concludes that Metropolitan Toronto exhibits the selective decentralization of offices, that is, the suburbanization of low order, routine office functions to the suburbs leaving a CBD dominated by high order, decision-making office functions. The paper also examines the possible physical and social implications of the suburbanization of offices and the associated planning implications.</p> / Thesis / Candidate in Philosophy

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Food insecurity is on the rise throughout the United States. Today more than 11.6% of American household’s face food insecurity. Many of these food insecure households reside in the suburbs. Despite these rising rates of food insecurity, the issue of suburban food insecurity has largely gone unnoticed. In this paper, I use Orange County as a case study to investigate how the rise of poverty in the suburbs relates to the issue of suburban food insecurity. Some questions this paper addresses are: What are the driving forces of poverty in the suburbs? What barriers to food security do suburban residents face and how are they different from urban areas? And lastly, what are the next steps to solving suburban food insecurity?

A process of suburbanization is currently a very much discussed topic. This phenomenon of population and human activities transfer from core cities to their background can have harmful effects not only on local inhabitants, but also on surrounding landscape and its function. Landscape ecology responds to this development by quantifying and evaluating its impact on landscape functions. This diploma thesis summarizes published results about effects of suburbanization on natural environment. The main objective of the thesis is selection of an appropriate indicator(s) (landscapes metrics) to evaluate rate and intensity of this process. These metrics are applied in the study area and the results are discussed. Key words: suburbanization, urban sprawl, landscape metrics

The main aim of Master thesis is to describe and compare some particular aspects of suburbanization on the example of minicipalities of Rudolfov and Srubec. Both are situated in the vicinity of České Budějovice and both are influenced by the process of suburbanization, but their historical development wasn't parallel. This work processes the information, received through qualitative and quantitative research methods and, as a result, offers a case study of both municipalities. The process of suburbanization and its consequences are emphasised.

This thesis deals with the socio-economic and environmental aspects of urban space in general and in Tabor separately. An important task is to show the process of urbanization and suburbanization, which is one of the characteristic features of today. For documentation and clarification of these aspects I have chosen the method of photographs and surveys with Citizen of the cities. These two methods represent an objective and subjective assessment of quality of life in Tabor cities.

7 Automatic extraction of buildings and imprevious areas from very high resolution data in suburban area of Prague Abstract Nowdays, when the very high resolution satellite imagery and airbone laser scanning data have became more accessible, the possibility of their use for different types of applications increased also. With a rapid development of urban hinterlands the demand to monitor these areas increases also with the goal to avoid uncoordinated construction. This work therefore focuses on an object oriented based classification in order to design its own methodological approach for the extraction of buildings and imprevious areas in selected areas of commercial suburbanization in the Prague hinterland. The aim is among others to find the classification rules for distinguishing different types of roofs and impervious areas depending on the material, shape characteristic etc. The literature overview summarizes methods of buildings and imprevious areas classification and extraction using very high resolution optical data and elevation data. Very high resolution QuickBird imagery and airbone laser scanning LIDAR elevation data and object oriented classification methods were used for and analysis of selected commercial suburbanization model areas in Prague hinterland. The proposed methodology uses...